95% of the places available will be allocated to applicants from the following post code areas: WD3 to WD25 inclusive, AL1, AL2, AL3, HP1, HP2, HP3 and HA6

Criteria 4, 5 and 6 are medical, academic (47 places) and music (19 places). No connection is made between the catchment and the sibling criterion (#3). The explanation on their website says 3 of the 47 academic places are for out of catchment. The only evidence that they're not doing that is your recollection of what they said, and even there you agree that there were 3 academic places and 1 music place in the year you asked about. Rather than accuse them of not following their published arrangements (which they are required to do by law), I consider it more likely that there has been some confusion along the chain of communication from the school to you.

No, it's always 3 academic places and 1 music for out-of-catchment (5% of the 47 academic and 19 music places respectively). Sibling places have nothing to do with the catchment .... Criteria 4, 5 and 6 are medical, academic (47 places) and music (19 places). No connection is made between the catchment and the sibling criterion (#3). The explanation on their website says 3 of the 47 academic places are for out of catchment. The only evidence that they're not doing that is your recollection of what they said, and even there you agree that there were 3 academic places and 1 music place in the year you asked about. Rather than accuse them of not following their published arrangements (which they are required to do by law), I consider it more likely that there has been some confusion along the chain of communication from the school to you.

190 places total. 5% goes to OOC which equated to 9 places in 2011. Of the 9, there were 3 academic places and 1 music place which leaves 5 places that went to some DC. Who did those 5 places go to, if not OOC siblings?

Initially, we thought that the 5% was split solely between academic and music. We tried to get Admissions to elaborate on the 5% split. "9 places go to OOC. That is all you need to know" was the unhelpful response. They were only forthcoming after the results were announced.

The website is (deliberately?) vague about how the 5% is split but given the maths and what I was told by Admisssions, I don't understand why you are disputing what it is I am saying for the 2nd year running.

The website is (deliberately?) vague about how the 5% is split but given the maths and what I was told by Admisssions, I don't understand why you are disputing what it is I am saying for the 2nd year running.

The school's published admissions arrangements (which are legally binding) are very clear. I quoted them above: the 95/5% split applies to criteria 3, 4 and 5 (medical, academic and music), and not to other criteria such as sibling places.

I am continuing to dispute your repetition of this misinformation because it's rather important that parents thinking of applying to this school have an accurate account of the rules so that they can use their preferences wisely.

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